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National Dance Institute Award-winning childrens dance program returns this July
HUNTER – National Dance Institute (NDI), founded by Jacques d’Amboise, once again brings its award-winning dance program to the Catskill Mountains, with a two-week residency for children in grades 3-8. Under the artistic direction of NDI choreographer Dufftin Garcia, the children will participate in high energy dance classes and choreography workshops accompanied by live music. The program culminates in a performance onstage at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center, featuring the dancers and live music set against a backdrop of colorful banners created over the many years of the collaboration between NDI and the Catskill Mountain Foundation. This is a high energy event that draws large crowds every year!
Jacques d’Amboise founded National Dance Institute in the belief that the arts have a unique power to engage and motivate individuals towards excellence. Recognized as one of the finest classical dancers of our time, Mr. D’Amboise performed with the New York City Ballet for decades. While still a principal dancer, he established National Dance Institute in 1976, bringing his unique artistry and generosity of spirit to impact the lives of children. He led the field of arts education with NDI’s acclaimed program that teaches the magic and discipline of dance to thousands of children each year.
With support from a generous donor, Catskill Mountain Foundation is able to offer several participants a scholarship which brings the total cost of this two-week program to just $50. Those participants must be local and registered in the Hunter-Tannersville Central Schools or Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District. Scholarships are available on a first come, first serve basis.
This year’s residency, The Evolution of Rock Music, will be held at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center from July 7-20, Monday through Friday, 9am to 3pm, with a performance on July 19 at 7:00 PM. For more information and to register for this program, contact Hillary at morseh@catskillmtn.org or call 518-263-2001. For tickets and information about the performance on Saturday, July 19, visit www.catskillmtn.org, call 518 263 2063 or email boxoffice@catskillmtn.org.
About Catskill Mountain Foundation
The Catskill Mountain Foundation’s (CMF) aim is to provide educational opportunities in the arts for youth and lifelong learners, to bring the experience of the arts to the Catskill community, and to support artists and art organizations in the development of their work through residencies. Since its founding in 1998, CMF has presented hundreds of music, dance, and theater performances; screened over 1,000 films to tens of thousands of audience members; provided studio arts classes to thousands of students of all ages; and served thousands of art-loving patrons in the Catskill Mountain Foundation Gift Shop. The Catskill Mountain Foundation operates the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville, and the Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts in Maplecrest, NY.
Since 1998, CMF has raised, generated, and invested close to $16 million in facility development and an excess of $42 million in programming operations, for a total investment in the Catskill community of over $58 million. Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by New York State Council on the Arts, the Greene County Cultural Fund administered by the Greene County Legislature, The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, The Royce Family Foundation, The Samuel and Esther Doctorow Fund, The Orville and Ethel Slutzky Family Foundation, Platte Clove Bruderhof Community, Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, The Greene County Youth Bureau, Marshall & Sterling Insurance, All Souls’ Church, Stewarts Shops, Windham Foundation, and by private donations. CMF believes that the arts can transform the lives of those touched by it and can transform the community. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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